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SCABIES

Dictionary entry overview: What does scabies mean?

• SCABIES (noun)
The noun SCABIES has 1 sense:

1. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

Familiarity information: SCABIES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SCABIES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

itch; scabies

Context example:

he has a bad case of the itch

Hypernyms ("scabies" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

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